Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Mon, 06/10/2013 - 12:11
Beneath the streets of Edinburgh lurks a labyrinth of man-made tunnels that were originally designed to hide clandestine activities from the light of day. Once a refuge for everyone from renegade kings to common criminals, this subterranean netwo ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Mon, 12/17/2012 - 21:30
One of the best ways to get to know a place is to live like a local - by immersing yourself in the local culture! You can learn how people live, shop, play, and learn by doing it yourself. This way, you can truly explore a place - and get off the ...
Submitted by Kerry Dexter on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 09:10
Highland Perthshire has glen and Highland, waterfall and rock face. It’s a landscape Perthshire native singer and songwriter Dougie MacLean knows well. Perthshire has inspired much of his music, and it is perhaps what was in his mind w ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 07:24
Are you brave enough to come to Linlithgow Palace, the birth place of Mary Queen of Scots, as night falls, and meet some of the less pleasant characters in its history?
Alison Stalker, Historic Scotland’s Assistant Events ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 08:27
In partnership with the International Storytelling Festival, the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum will celebrate a SPOOKY halloween event, which will include story teller Rosie Mapplebeck, whose stories are deeply rooted in the ...
Submitted by Kerry Dexter on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 18:06
Writer Charles Dickens, statesman Benjamin Disraeli, comedian Billy Connolly, explorer David Livingstone, fiddle player Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh, singer Julie Fowlis, singer Kathy Mattea, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: a varied mix of folk, and what ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Tue, 09/25/2012 - 12:03
If you are looking for the ultimate romantic location for your wedding, why not come along to Edinburgh Castle’s Wedding Open Day on Saturday 13th October 2013?
The event is taking place from 11:00 to 4:00 pm and will showcase the five be ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Sun, 09/23/2012 - 17:17
O Scotia! my dear, my native soil!
For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent;
Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil
Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content
~ Robert Burns
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Fri, 09/21/2012 - 18:23
There’s nowhere better to spend Hallowe’en than at one of the National Trust for Scotland’s historic haunted places. With more events than ever before, and some truly terrifying real-life ghost stories to share, Hallowe’en 2012 is set to be frighteningly f ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Fri, 09/21/2012 - 18:13
A new guidebook celebrating the diverse cultural heritage of the Orkney Islands has been produced by Historic Scotland, examining a built legacy that incorporates prehistoric villages, standing stones, brochs, palaces and a cathedral.
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